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A decree issued by Pope Francis said Father Ignatius Spencer lived a life of heroic virtue .
Englishman Father Spencer, who was born George Spencer in 1799, now needs two miracles attributed to him if he is to be made a saint.
Father Spencer, who is buried in the church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic in St Helens, Warrington, was the great, great, great uncle of William and Harry s late mother, Princess Diana.
The most recent English person to reach the status of sainthood was Cardinal Sir John Henry Newman, who was canonised in 2019.
A priest related to Princes William and Harry has been moved a step closer to sainthood by the Pope